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pldt slow

Monday, 19 November 2007 5:05 pm by noel
posted in internet

pldt has been slow again for the past three weeks.

the graphs are all in kilobytes per second and not kilobits per second.
apparently a lot of people have been having problems with their pldt dsl connections as well. i was informed that one of the slots containing 16 ports went south and they had to replace [...]

blurry surfing

Wednesday, 17 October 2007 7:45 pm by noel
posted in hardware, internet

i realize that the camera’s resolution isn’t that great to begin with but that’s really how my mail looks at the moment. yeah. i really should get a new monitor.
anyone willing to donate their 2nd hand stuff?

new y! mail

Wednesday, 10 October 2007 10:59 am by noel
posted in e-mail, internet

yup. it looks like its out but i haven’t seen any official announcements yet.

but (there’s always a “but”, isn’t there?) i do have a small gripe. i have a couple of mail accounts in yahoo. here’s how it looks like on the beta interface:

the problem i have with the new interface is i suddenly do [...]

e-mail white list

Friday, 21 September 2007 10:13 pm by noel
posted in e-mail, internet, software

after reading an article about running only white listed programs on a computer instead of blocking blacklisted ones to improve internet security, i started thinking of doing the same to my e-mail. there are more spam mail coming in each day than legitimate ones so it should be easier (and maybe more efficient?) to filter [...]

nmap security tool

Monday, 3 September 2007 4:50 pm by noel
posted in internet, software, stuff

well, if you’re into security or want to know a little more there’s always nmap.
Nmap is without question the finest scanner available for the security professional and the scanner of choice for the vast majority of hackers.